#16717E#16717E

#16717E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.081 H 209.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16717E
RGB	rgb(22, 113, 126)
HSL	hsl(188, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.49, -20.36, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.49, 24.97, 215.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% -0.0707 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.081 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0002, 13.4859, 21.8106)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16717E #7E2316

analogous

#167E57 #16717E #163D7E

triadic

#16717E #7E1671 #717E16

tetradic

#16717E #57167E #7E2316 #3D7E16

square

#16717E #57167E #7E2316 #3D7E16

split-complementary

#16717E #7E163D #7E5716

monochromatic

#05171A #0D424A #16717E #1FA0B2 #33C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#16717E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#16717E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16717E

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16717E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16717E	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58627E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16717e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 113, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.081 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#689aa3',
    500: '#16717e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16717e;
$custom-light: #689aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16717e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50487,
    "c": 0.08137,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16717E

secondary

#B34C3D

accent

#513BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070E0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16717E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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